There is an event that brings out thousands of photographers every year – the Worldwide Photo Walk. It was started by Scott Kelby, an internationally famous photographer and author, and he encourages others to add photo walks in their own cities. So this year, on October 11, I am going to host a walk in Itajubá!

There are a lot of places I could have chosen, but this time I decided to use the opportunity to visit two different markets. One that is only available on Saturdays, the other is the permanent central market. After the walk, we will head over to Café Floresta for a coffee and a chat! You’ll find all the details in the text under here, both in Portuguese and English. A big thank you to Sarah Marques and Eni Rodrigues for translating and revising the text! What are you waiting for? Go to this page to sign up now:

We will start by visiting the Saturday market along the river behind Banco ITAU. There will be a lot of people there and it should provide us with many opportunities for interesting pictures. After we have spent some time there, we will walk across the bridge to the central market – Mercado Municipal. As this is partly indoors, it gives us some different photographic challenges. It is also an old building with a lot of interesting details.

From here, we walk towards the other side of the city center and meet up at Café Floresta for a coffee, something to eat and a general chat about our day. They have a good internet connection, so if you want to upload your images, you can do that there if you have a computer available (or a phone).

Remember: You do NOT need to have an advanced camera to participate! A pocket camera or a phone is also acceptable!

Would you like to show the results of your walk? Share as many pictures as you want on Flickr in these groups:

If you want, you can also upload one (1) picture from the walk to the official photo walk website and participate in a competition for several prices. The local winner in Itajubá will receive a full year membership to Kelby One (a $249.00 value) and compete for other prizes in the worldwide competition.